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A4023 crash in Redditch on 23 December 2001 at 16:00 involving a Suzuki Alto

A Suzuki Alto crashed on the A4023 in Redditch at 16:00 on Sunday 23 December 2001. The 28-year-old male driver and a 25-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2001
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Alto
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.30933, longitude -1.91093, in the B98 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winyates, Redditch, B98 0JF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200122BA23253
Council area
Redditch
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Worcestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4023
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200122BA23253 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Redditch road accident statistics for 2001.